{"product_id":"letting-rip-simon-wilde-1994","title":"Letting Rip by Simon Wilde","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLetting Rip (First Edition in Pictorial Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Shortlisted History of Cricket's Fast-Bowling Threat, from Lillee and Thomson to Waqar Younis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Letting Rip: The Fast-Bowling Threat from Lillee to Waqar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Simon Wilde\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e H. F. \u0026amp; G. Witherby, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1994\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780854932429\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0854932429\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition, first published in Great Britain in 1994.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's dark green cloth boards with a pictorial dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Octavo-size hardcover, illustrated with black and white photographic plates.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e The plain dark green cloth boards are clean, with square corners and a straight spine. The spine and lower edges of the boards are clean, and the top edge of the text block is clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The pages are clean and cream-coloured, with no foxing, marks or writing. The binding is tight, and the plate pages are clean.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present. The pictorial cricket photograph on a green ground is clean and bright, with slight light scuffing or rubbing to the front panel. The green spine and plain green back panel with barcode are clean. The jacket is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLetting Rip: The Fast-Bowling Threat from Lillee to Waqar, published in London in 1994, is Simon Wilde's history of fast bowling in cricket from the 1970s to the early 1990s. It follows the bowlers who made batsmen fear the new ball, among them Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Curtly Ambrose and Waqar Younis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilde is as interested in the contest as in the bowlers. He looks at how batsmen such as Viv Richards coped with sheer pace, and at the psychology of facing it. The book opens by placing the reader at the crease against an imagined, fearsome four-pronged pace attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year. This first edition is illustrated with black and white photographs and is a worthwhile copy for collectors of cricket literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Simon Wilde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon Wilde, born in 1960, is an English cricket journalist and author. He began at Wisden Cricket Monthly as assistant editor to David Frith, then joined The Times as a sub-editor and later became chief sub-editor of sport. He has been cricket correspondent of the Sunday Times since 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis other books include Ranji (1990), Caught (2001), Ian Botham: The Power and the Glory (2011) and Chasing Jessop (2025). Three of his books have been shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, Letting Rip among them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLetting Rip Simon Wilde · fast bowling cricket history · Lillee to Waqar book · first edition cricket book 1994 · William Hill shortlisted cricket book · Simon Wilde cricket author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"H. F. \u0026 G. 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